Fitness and Wellness Class

Join in on the discussion as we introduce NASM’s Optimum Performance Training® (OPT™) model and explore new guidelines and protocols. Certified professionals already know that the OPT model uses an integrated approach to program design in which all forms of exercise are combined into one progressive and systematic system. It’s been proven in the laboratory and with real-life clients and athletes to maximize results. In fact, NASM has trained top athletes from the NBA, MLB, NHL, NFL, college, and Olympics using the OPT model, achieving exceptional outcomes. During this episode NASM's Brian Sutton will review the basic premise and programming strategies of the OPT model. Additionally, we’ll explore new updates to the OPT model and how to design exercise and conditioning programs for all types of clients.

All too often individuals underestimate their abilities to improve within a proper fitness continuum. High-performance driven fitness enthusiasts also underestimate the value of corrective exercise or stabilization training, as they usually focus primarily on training at the highest levels of intensity.

In this episode let NASM Master Instructor Marty Miller help you understand the entire NASM educational model (CPT, CES, PES) and provide a higher-level understanding of how to train each and every client as an athlete.

Sleep is a fascinating and complex topic that has so much inter-individual variability, yet has tremendous impact on life, stress, physiological, and psychological outcomes. It's one of the most important biological states of human and animal existence, yet it’s simply one of those things we all take for granted. Sleep is paramount to both mental and physical performance. Whether you want to get stronger, bigger, or have better body composition, you must get sleep. This episode examines the science of sleep and performance and extends this science by focusing on practical recommendations for all able-bodied and athletic populations.

The future of work in the fitness industry offers unparalleled opportunities, but also significant challenges and uncertainties. And although technological progress and demographic changes are having a huge impact on the world at large, the future looks bright for the industry. In this session, Fred Hoffman will share insights into what the future client will look like, how availability, nature, and quality of jobs will change, and what skills and training will be necessary for fitness professionals to succeed and thrive throughout their working lives.

Join Rick Wenner, MBA for Know Your Competition! Then Make Them Sweat! an in-depth look at the fitness business.

Many fitness professionals don’t understand the breadth of the competitive landscape facing them. The reality is that competition does not only include people with the same title as them, but also any solution that can help them efficiently and conveniently get to their goal. This episode will investigate all the options that should be considered competition, how we analyze them, and then respond by creating appropriate messaging to compete with them.

What dietary practices and nutrition variables are necessary for optimal strength training and overall conditioning? Join Laurent, Bannock, PhD for a discussion on nutritional practices that could influence adaptation to training, the importance of recovery, and practical applications for your active clients.

Gain information on the relevant exercise physiology relating to strength and conditioning, as well as an overview of the evidence as it relates to nutritional influences on the same. If you work with strength athletes, or die-hard weekend warriors, then you won’t want to miss this important lecture.

Join NASM nutrition expert Dr. Brad Dieter for a discussion on dietary strategies and cardio vascular health. Cardiovascular disease is developed across a lifetime accumulation of risk. Numerous independent and synergistic cardiovascular risk factors can be induced by unhealthy dietary patterns. This lecture will integrate the findings of the last century of nutrition science and provide key principles for dietary frameworks aimed at improving overall cardiovascular health.

Join Katie Coles, MS, RD for a discussion on how to help clients keep weight off. Most Americans don’t have a problem losing weight. They have a problem keeping it off! Upwards of 95% of people who lose more than 10% of their body weight end up putting it back on (and then some). In this session, we’ll discuss how traditional diets set your body up for weight regain, how metabolism and the human body adapt to make weight regain easier, and how to transition your client out of a diet and back to a normal eating pattern in a way that keeps lost weight off.

Join Scott Cheatham PhD, DPT for a discussion on Myofascial Interventions.

Emerging myofascial interventions such as mechanical percussion devices, flossing bands, and cupping have become popular among professionals. Fitness professionals need to have a working knowledge of these interventions in order to make appropriate recommendations to their clients’ exercise programs. This session will discuss the science and treatment guidelines behind each of these interventions. Other topics that will be discussed include integration into the NASM CEx model, scope of practice issues, and indications and precautions/contraindications for each intervention. Fitness professionals who desire a more in-depth understanding of emerging myofascial interventions are encouraged to attend.

Loading the body with stress through exercise is easy to do. And, unloading the body from accumulated stress can be just as easy. In this episode, NASM Master Instructor Ken Miller reviews techniques and program design to unload and destress the body from high intensity and the high volume of training.

Join Dr. Splichal, DPM, founder of EBFA Global, creator of the Barefoot Training Specialist® certifications, and founder of Naboso Technology, as she explains the anterior pubic joint. 

To date some of the most frustrating and frequently misdiagnosed injuries are those to the groin or the anterior pubic joint. In this workshop, we will define the anterior pubic joint, describe how to assess for common muscle imbalances, and demonstrate exercises to establish anterior pubic joint balance. Come to this session and experience a functional approach to chronic anterior pelvic pain and its association with lumbopelvic hip micro-instability and delayed local stabilization pathways.